1. The New Zealand Society of Anaesthetists (NZSA)

2. ACC Clinical Services Contract Elective Services Agreement
Treatment Injury

3. Clinical Services Contract
ACC
Clinical Services Contract
Enables specialist assessment
Private/public hospitals hold contract with named individual service providers
Specialist/s may hold contract but need access to nursing team, range of diagnostic and assessment services and staffing arrangement for multidisciplinary team

4. Clinical Services Contract
ACC
Clinical Services Contract
Anaesthetist Specific Assessments
Requires ARTP for ACC payment
Preoperative anaesthetic assessment
CS250 simple
CS260 complex
CS70 long distance
Advocacy – Our advocacy is far ranging in terms of the issues we engage in and the stakeholders we interact with. From workforce, through to ensuring top calibre, consistent standards for all assistants to the anaesthetist, underpinning our advocacy is the need to represent the best interests of our anaesthetists and the quality and safe care of their patients. Advocacy takes many forms and includes writing submissions in response to policy and legislation, such as proposed changes to prescribing for non-medical health practitioners. We also meet regularly with a range of key stakeholders including the Minister of Health, opposition politicians, the Ministry of Health, ANZCA NZ, and the NZ Medical Association.
Private practice – Our private practice sub-committee has worked hard to foster a strong relationship with both ACC and the NZ Private Surgical Hospitals Association, representing and advocating on behalf of anaesthetists which work in private practice.
Our networks are key to fostering clinician leadership and engagement, and fostering a strong sense of community amongst our anaesthesia colleagues. In recent times the NZSA has really expanded its programme of work and this has included forming new networks including obstetrics, paediatrics and a Link Person Network which connects the Society’s executive with anaesthesia colleagues throughout the regions.

5. Elective Services Agreement
ACC
Elective Services Agreement
Contract usually held by hospitals
Medical specialists named on service agreement
Covers: surgical procedure & inpatient stay weeks post discharge care inpatient radiology/physio equipment for 6 weeks implants
Advocacy – Our advocacy is far ranging in terms of the issues we engage in and the stakeholders we interact with. From workforce, through to ensuring top calibre, consistent standards for all assistants to the anaesthetist, underpinning our advocacy is the need to represent the best interests of our anaesthetists and the quality and safe care of their patients. Advocacy takes many forms and includes writing submissions in response to policy and legislation, such as proposed changes to prescribing for non-medical health practitioners. We also meet regularly with a range of key stakeholders including the Minister of Health, opposition politicians, the Ministry of Health, ANZCA NZ, and the NZ Medical Association.
Private practice – Our private practice sub-committee has worked hard to foster a strong relationship with both ACC and the NZ Private Surgical Hospitals Association, representing and advocating on behalf of anaesthetists which work in private practice.
Our networks are key to fostering clinician leadership and engagement, and fostering a strong sense of community amongst our anaesthesia colleagues. In recent times the NZSA has really expanded its programme of work and this has included forming new networks including obstetrics, paediatrics and a Link Person Network which connects the Society’s executive with anaesthesia colleagues throughout the regions.

6. Elective Services Agreement
ACC
Elective Services Agreement
Procedure categories
Contracted
Core
Red list
Non contracted
Standard
complex
Regulations
Advocacy – Our advocacy is far ranging in terms of the issues we engage in and the stakeholders we interact with. From workforce, through to ensuring top calibre, consistent standards for all assistants to the anaesthetist, underpinning our advocacy is the need to represent the best interests of our anaesthetists and the quality and safe care of their patients. Advocacy takes many forms and includes writing submissions in response to policy and legislation, such as proposed changes to prescribing for non-medical health practitioners. We also meet regularly with a range of key stakeholders including the Minister of Health, opposition politicians, the Ministry of Health, ANZCA NZ, and the NZ Medical Association.
Private practice – Our private practice sub-committee has worked hard to foster a strong relationship with both ACC and the NZ Private Surgical Hospitals Association, representing and advocating on behalf of anaesthetists which work in private practice.
Our networks are key to fostering clinician leadership and engagement, and fostering a strong sense of community amongst our anaesthesia colleagues. In recent times the NZSA has really expanded its programme of work and this has included forming new networks including obstetrics, paediatrics and a Link Person Network which connects the Society’s executive with anaesthesia colleagues throughout the regions.

7. Elective Services Agreement
ACC
Elective Services Agreement
Lump sum payment to provider who pays out service providers
ACC does not determine payments to anaesthetists

8. ACC
Review of ACC Elective Services